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Analyst Insight – Generation Next: SAP Ariba’s AI Rebuild (III)

By Andrew Bartolini March 2, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

The recent announcement of “next-gen SAP Ariba,” a complete architectural rebuild of SAP Ariba’s market-leading Source-to-Pay (“S2P”) suite is a major industry event. With availability set for February 2026, this…

Analyst Insight – Generation Next: SAP Ariba’s AI Rebuild (II)

By Andrew Bartolini February 23, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Analyst Insight – Generation Next: SAP Ariba’s AI Rebuild (I)

By Andrew Bartolini February 17, 2026Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Building Long-Term Procurement Transformation Through Scalable, Human-Centered AI

By John Yuva December 11, 2025Articles, Events, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Procurement leaders gathered at DPW/Amsterdam recently to discuss the latest in digital procurement innovation and transformation. Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research officer for Ardent Partners, moderated the session "Fast-Track…

Fast-Tracking AI in Procurement: How Leaders Are Adopting, Scaling, and Succeeding

By John Yuva December 2, 2025Articles, Events, Featured, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

The Unexpected Gains from a CPO and CFO Alliance

By John Yuva October 8, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Nick Drewe, COO for Market Dojo, a technology company offering Software as a Service built by procurement professionals, for procurement professionals. Its…

Guest Article: Procurement Can Steady Your Supply Chain

By John Yuva August 11, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Market Dojo, a technology company offering Software as a Service built by procurement professionals, for procurement professionals. Its solutions enable procurement to…

Ardent Partners Announces The 2025 Supplier Management Technology Advisor

By Andrew Bartolini April 16, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Today I’m happy to announce the official launch of our Supplier Management Tech Advisor report for 2025! Ardent Partners evaluated the market’s top Supplier Management solution providers’ Solution Strength (the…

Guest Article: Layoffs Haven’t Worked. It’s Time to Try Something New.

By John Yuva January 24, 2025Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, General, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Blake Wetzel, CEO of AIQ, a leader in procurement consulting and e-auctions. AIQ provides an end-to-end service, from performing the spend…

Magnus Mondays — 2024: The Year in Review

By Magnus Bergfors December 9, 2024Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

While the year is not officially over until a few more weeks, we are getting closer to the holidays, and this will be the last Magnus Monday article for this…